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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06380 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Manuscript Civil War map of the Confederate defenses around Sea Island, South Carolina |
| Date | ca. February 1865 |
| Author | Aveleen, E. J. (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Map |
| Content Description | Shows defenses between Secessionville and Fort Pringle, and down towards Forts Mahan and Delafield on Folly Island. James Island also appears. Shows the obstacles facing the Union's approach to Charleston, South Carolina in early 1865, including Confederate forts, bridges, encampments, and towns burned in January 1865. Charleston fell on 18 February 1865. This map was to accompany the 32nd U.S. Colored Troops attack on James Island on 10 February 1865 (See GLC06379). Aveleen was a Corporal in the 54th New York Volunteers. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History African American Troops African American History Union Forces Confederate States of America Wartime Pillaging and Destruction |
| People | Aveleen, E. J. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 32nd U.S. Colored Troops |
| Related documents | Orders for U.S. Colored Troops in the campaign on Cole, Battery, and James Islands |